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TIL: in the 1950s Charles Schulz experimented with developing an adult comic strip about the gender dynamics among blue color workers when a woman becomes boss of the stock room. 
This strip shows that early on Schulz felt he was being constrained by kid-focus of "Peanuts." Of course, what he discovered was he could bring in all the adult concerns he wanted (depression, unrequited love) & still use kid characters.
Schulz is a good example of how narrowly political criteria are not useful for judging artists & their work. He was both very attracted to tough, butchy women & also scared of them. That made for personal unhappiness but also some great art.
